Think Aloud

Asking Questions or Questioning allows readers to think more deeply about their reading and learning. Proficient readers ask questions before, during, and after reading and learning. In Chapter 9 of Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller teaches us the importance of:

  • Asking purposeful and spontaneous questions before, during, and after reading and learning. pg. 125
  • Determining whether answers to students questions are found in the text or if they need to use their schema and evidence from the text to infer the answer. pg. 127
  • Unique interpretations of text by children. pg. 130
  • Listening to other students' questions and answers adds to our schema, thinking, and comprehension. pg. 131
  • Questioning is a life skill used in our personal as well as academic lives. pg. 134
  • Evidence of understanding and independence. pg. 136

Texts for Asking Questions:

All I See by Cynthia Rylant
Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman
An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Why is the Sky Blue? by Sally Grindley
The Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Mirriam
Yanni Rubbish by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Snowed In At Pokeweed Public School
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland
Front cover: Use on the Inter-Write board! Pictures of Michael Garland books available at garlandpicturebooks.com


Questioning lesson plan using Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook




Questioning Poster:

Questioning lesson plansThe Wall by Cynthia Rylant
Asking Questions: How,When,Why
Questioning: Mini Lessons, Book Lists

Into the book lessons